talking to Abba

"How we view God will determine how we approach Him in prayer. If we view Him as aloof or angry, we will not want to pray very much. When we see Him as a tender Father and passionate Bridegroom who desires for us to come to Him, then we will pray much more."

7 Commitments of a Forerunner

Paul's prayer...

...for the church of Philippi, also it is my prayer for you.

"And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God." Philippians 1:9-11

hear my cry

as i rend my heart, will you rend the heavens?
as i look to you, may you shine your glory.

all i am and have and every hope to be

all of my ambitions, hopes and plans
i surrender these into Your hands

for it's only in Your will that i am free

prayer to my perfect Dad

i don't want to write my own story, i don't want to make my own way, 

i just want to follow in your footsteps, Father, show me your way.

comfort

is so sought after in our culture.

Jesus didn't have it.


i don't want it.



uncomfort.




i want it.





like Jesus.

fill me up, send me out

i will give up everything to go after your heart. if it means spending $3,000 and the summer in KC then so be it. if it means spending two days a week (or seven) in ministry in Detroit then i’m there. if it means spending time and resources helping with this prayer house, i’ll do it. lead me. i am after Your heart. where you send me, i will go.


make my path clear, i am ready. i trust You.

desires.

love [selflessly]
encourage [wisely]
heal [indirectly]
uplift [wholly]
give [joyfully]

mold me into something beautifully, entirely Yours.

this is my prayer.

today i am 20. whew! yet, i still have a long way to go.
God is my hope. &this is my prayer.


God in my living
There in my breathing
God in my waking
God in my sleeping

God in my resting
There in my working
God in my thinking
God in my speaking

Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything

God in my hoping
There in my dreaming
God in my watching
God in my waiting

God in my laughing
There in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing

Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything

Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
Be my everything
tim hughes: everything